A Casual Take on a Classic

Jan. 27, 2013 10:25 p.m. ET

Downtown, the venerable Delmonico's has long been favored by old-school, Wall Street titans as a place for wine and red meat. In Midtown, the recently opened Delmonico's Kitchen is a modern, jazzier iteration of the traditional steakhouse—steaks, sure, but also turkey burgers and flatbreads.

"You have a lot of media people around, a ton of younger people, then at night, you have your corporate suits and your tourists. It's a...